The immediate outcomes from the research will determine if clear sticky traps placed outside of field can be used as a monitoring tool for native and invasive stink bug species. This will provide growers a faster, cheap and more effective sampling method. Additionally, we will determine if traps placed on the outside of fields capture the initial dispersal of stink bugs into field.

During the study, growers will observe field demonstrations at two separate University of Missouri Field Days. Additionally, the results will be discussed the state of Missouri at extension meetings.

Updated July 31, 2020:

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Results suggest clear sticky traps deployed on the outside border of soybean fields have potential to estimate field abundance of stink bugs. Additional field trials will need to quantify captures at higher population pressure and determine trap capture thresholds associated with economic injury.